About our Collection

The Gallery owns one of the finest collections of Old Master paintings in the world especially rich in French, Italian and Spanish Baroque paintings and in British portraits from Tudor times to the 19th century. Famous works include those by Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Poussin, Watteau, Canaletto, Rubens, Veronese and Murillo amongst many others. Founded in 1811, it was the first purpose-built public art gallery to open to the public and remains one of Britain’s most valued artistic and architectural treasures. Find out how the paintings came to rest in Dulwich.

You can find out more about the Dutch and Flemish paintings in our collection in this online catalogue, published by the RKD Studies - Netherlands Institute for Art History.